flat6buster
Active Member
well I have finally booked Gertie the G in to have some remediary paintwork attended to. In what I can only consider to be one of my most successful pieces of man-maths to date I managed to persuade SWMBO that we needed another car whilst that was in being painted.
Cue a 58,000 mile SL500 in silver with a blue interior that I am really pretty impressed with. Hardtop on it is much quieter than our E class estate, hardtop off it is either nearly silent or just has a little v8 burble if you prod it.
And whilst it is no AMG, when you prod it, it goes in a manner that the bald figures don't do justice to. It is actually properly quick, I was actually quite surprised. Certainly once it is up to 60 it just keeps going and going. IIRC they are quoted at 7 ish to 60 but the overtaking punch is really much better than that suggests.
I am glad I did not get a 6 cylinder, whilst that would have been a lovely car too, no doubt, I like the way this one woofles and goes when asked.
Cue a 58,000 mile SL500 in silver with a blue interior that I am really pretty impressed with. Hardtop on it is much quieter than our E class estate, hardtop off it is either nearly silent or just has a little v8 burble if you prod it.
And whilst it is no AMG, when you prod it, it goes in a manner that the bald figures don't do justice to. It is actually properly quick, I was actually quite surprised. Certainly once it is up to 60 it just keeps going and going. IIRC they are quoted at 7 ish to 60 but the overtaking punch is really much better than that suggests.
I am glad I did not get a 6 cylinder, whilst that would have been a lovely car too, no doubt, I like the way this one woofles and goes when asked.
Man maths is all powerful and the sums are always right - it's the law 
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